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At E3 2004, wanting to show off their new handheld game console's features, Nintendo showcased a '''Nintendo DS tech demo starring ''Pokémon'''s Pikachu'''. Showing off the console's 3D capabilities, microphone, and touch screen, the player could engage in various activities with a 3D model of Pikachu, including grabbing and stretching its body parts with the stylus, tracing a picture of Pikachu with the stylus, using the stylus to scratch off scratch cards, playing a guitar and xylophone with the stylus, and measuring Magikarp that Pikachu caught.<ref>[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu:_DS_Tech_Demo Pikachu: DS Tech Demo at Bulbapedia | |title=<center>Pikachu: DS Tech Demo</center> | ||
|image=Pikachu DS Tech Demo.png | |||
|imagecaption=Demonstration of the "Pull" function. | |||
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |||
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At E3 2004, wanting to show off their new handheld game console's features, Nintendo showcased a '''Nintendo DS tech demo starring ''Pokémon'''s Pikachu'''. Showing off the console's 3D capabilities, microphone, and touch screen, the player could engage in various activities with a 3D model of Pikachu, including grabbing and stretching its body parts with the stylus, tracing a picture of Pikachu with the stylus, using the stylus to scratch off scratch cards, playing a guitar and xylophone with the stylus, and measuring Magikarp that Pikachu caught.<ref>[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pikachu:_DS_Tech_Demo Pikachu: DS Tech Demo at Bulbapedia] Retrieved 17 October '15</ref> | |||
The demo has never surfaced outside of demonstrations, and no ROM is known to exist. However, the 3D model of Pikachu as well as the pulling functions were reused for the game ''Pokémon Dash'', released in Japan later that year. | The demo has never surfaced outside of demonstrations, and no ROM is known to exist. However, the 3D model of Pikachu as well as the pulling functions were reused for the game ''Pokémon Dash'', released in Japan later that year. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGxSfxkY7I|320x240|center|Footage of the demo.|frame}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Lost video games]] | [[Category:Lost video games]] | ||
Revision as of 01:38, 18 September 2016
Demonstration of the "Pull" function.
Status: Lost
At E3 2004, wanting to show off their new handheld game console's features, Nintendo showcased a Nintendo DS tech demo starring Pokémon's Pikachu. Showing off the console's 3D capabilities, microphone, and touch screen, the player could engage in various activities with a 3D model of Pikachu, including grabbing and stretching its body parts with the stylus, tracing a picture of Pikachu with the stylus, using the stylus to scratch off scratch cards, playing a guitar and xylophone with the stylus, and measuring Magikarp that Pikachu caught.[1]
The demo has never surfaced outside of demonstrations, and no ROM is known to exist. However, the 3D model of Pikachu as well as the pulling functions were reused for the game Pokémon Dash, released in Japan later that year.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Pikachu: DS Tech Demo at Bulbapedia Retrieved 17 October '15